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All duly appointed police officers, including the Police Chief, shall reside within the corporate limits of the city, both at the time of appointment to office as well as throughout the police officer’s tenure of office. The residency requirement established herein and pursuant to state law may be waived by motion of the City Council on a case-by-case basis, as has been done in past practice as stated in the police manual, which may include, but not be limited to, the duration of time which the police officer shall be allowed to reside outside of the corporate limits of the city, a radius outside of the corporate limits within which the officer is allowed to reside, and a requirement that the officer reside in a particular county or state.
(Ord. 08-04, passed 5-7-2008)
Each and every member of the police force, when on duty, shall devote his or her entire time to the proper discharge of the duty of his or her station, according to law and the ordinances of the city, and the rules and regulations of the Police Department; and it shall be his or her duty to preserve at all times, the order, peace and quiet of the city and to enforce the ordinances thereof.
(1975 Code, § 30.31)
Every member of the Department shall have power, within the corporate limits of the city, to serve and execute warrants or other legal process for the apprehension and commitment of persons charged with or held, for the commission of any crime or misdemeanor, or the violation of any law or ordinance of the city; and while so serving or executing or assisting in the service of execution of any such warrant or legal process, he or she shall be vested with all the common law and statutory powers of police officers for such purposes.
(1975 Code, § 30.32)
All police shall have power and authority to execute city warrants, or other like legal process, without the corporate limits of the city and within such distance therefrom as is authorized by law, in all cases when any ordinance of the City Council, made pursuant to law, shall prescribe a penalty for the violation of any of its provisions by persons residing, acting or doing business within the limits of the city.
(1975 Code, § 30.33)
Every police officer of the city may, at any time, call upon any able-bodied male/female above the age of 18 years, to aid him or her in the arresting, retaking or holding in custody, of any person, guilty of having committed any, unlawful act or charged therewith, or to aid such officer in preventing the commission of any unlawful act.
(1975 Code, § 30.34)
Every police officer shall aid the Fire Department by giving the alarm in case of fire, and in clearing the streets or grounds in the immediate vicinity of any fire so that the firefighters shall not be hindered or obstructed in the performance of their duties.
(1975 Code, § 30.35)
Any member of the Police Department who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty required of him or her by this code of the city or the rules and regulations of the Department, or who shall, in the discharge of his or her official duties, be guilty of any fraud, favoritism, extortion, oppressions or willful wrong or injustice, shall be subject to removal from office.
(1975 Code, § 30.36)
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person in this city to resist or obstruct any member of the police force in the discharge of his or her duty or to endeavor to do so, in any manner, assist any person in the custody of any member of the police force to escape or to attempt to escape from such custody or to attempt to rescue any such person in custody.
(1975 Code, § 30.38)
No member on active tour of duty or while wearing the official police officer’s badge of the city shall indulge in the use of intoxicating liquor of any kind, and intoxication at any time shall be sufficient cause for removal.
(1975 Code, § 30.39) Penalty, see § 34.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 65 ILCS 5/11-1-1 through 5/11-1-7
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